2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING

20 years and ranking member status on Senate Armed Services Committee isn't too shabby. There are people who have more foreign policy experience than he does, but he's got far more than Clinton or Obama.

The central point of the McCain POW story isn't that he offered some heroic service to his country -- it's that he was willing to stay in a torturous situation based on abstract principles and codes that it would have been incredibly easy to rationalize his way out of holding to, something his supporters will tell you displays a very high level of integrity and dedication to ideals. Which is completely true, and nobody who hasn't stood around in a cage of mangled legs is going to have much rhetorical success trying to argue otherwise. A more important question, in terms of attacking the guy, is whether that same level of dedication to principle has been kept up throughout his time in government, especially in instances where the principle itself has been easier to fudge: pulling it off once does not mean pulling it off always.

Hahaha pardon me that's "stood around in a cage ON mangled legs"

I have no evidence that the North Vietnamese ever constructed cages out of human body parts, and suspect that they would not have done so due to the high possibility of escape

US magazine brings out the cuteness guns

http://www.usmagazine.com/Barack_Obama_hes_just_like_us_022708

is that a muslim tricycle

nice mini-turban

red white and blue handlebar streamers = proof of patriotism from a young age

was that taken before or after he decided to become president

Would losing the popular vote in Texas and Ohio but getting a delegate lead in Texas be the worst outcome for Obama next Tuesday? It would allow Clinton a big storyline in terms of the delegate counts not reflecting the will of the people and might generate some actual sympathy from dems still wincing over the 2000 national election.

I think that's a stretch, but hey, I'm sure they'll try to spin it that way

Maybe ID, but I think -- and I hope -- it's an academic question.

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WHAT'S HE HIDING

So, boxers or briefs? Bill Clinton said he wore boxers in a 1992 interview with MTV.

I don't answer those humiliating questions. But whichever one it is, I look good in 'em!

http://www.usmagazine.com/barack_obama_refuses_to_answer_boxers_or_briefs_question

haha okay that is a funny answer

lol im the shit kiss my ass us magazine

Interesting article about Obama's 'Behavioral Economics' Philosophy, and how it can sheds light on the way he analyzes other issues, as well.

hi i linked to that way upthread

2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING

behavioral economics = a rogue economist discovers a bunch of shit that is common sense to non-economists

but that's another thread

Clinton preferred briefs.

if Clinton had been honest he'd have answered "neither"

That talk radio host that McCain apologized for was on NPR today - he basically said he was barely a McCain supporter to begin with and now no longer calls himself one.

A big hint from Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., that he may get off the fence soon: "I don't think this race is over. But I may make a decision and do an endorsement," Richardson told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. He added that he doesn't feel bound to support Clinton just because New Mexico voted for her: "It was very close, Wolf, it was like half a percent. . . . So I think I have flexibility."

it was like half a percent! I could be veep for either one! no, srsly!

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Does Obama go 'commando'?

I haven't been forced to give this much thought to a politicians member since Lyndon Johnson.

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ok i know this is fluff, but THE MAN KNOWS HIS HOT SAUCE. louisiana hot sauce 4evar

that is an amazing tie to risk shaking hot sauce bottles around

louisiana 4 lyfe

Clearly afraid to be photographed giving privileges to illegal Mexican hotsauce

Barack Obama has the JUDGEMENT to select the most high quality hot sauce on the market. He has the PATRIOTISM to ensure it's an American Brand, and he has the COURAGE to pour Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce near a white shirt and that effervescent tie that will clearly bring CHANGE to white house

Frank's is better

that is an amazing tie to risk shaking hot sauce bottles around

-- deej, Thursday, 28 February 2008 02:37 (58 minutes ago) Link

You know these limousine liberals, he can always just buy another one

Frank's is made in New Jersey.

Louisiana Hot Sauce is the ONLY hot sauce for soul food/Southern cooking/cajun/creole.

I'm willing to allow other hot sauces for Mexican food or other cuisines.

no sriracha no credibility

I hear McCain likes some picante sauce that's made in New York City

get a rope

Louisiana is way overrated. Tabasco and sriracha are all a hothead needs really.

I like Cholula

sriracha for asian food, obv

Sriracha + cider vinegar = perfect pepper sauce for peas or greens. No need for making any more of that stuff ever.

damnit it's midnight and you're making me want some greens

Try the sriracha + vinegar, I'm more OTM than nabisco, srsly.

Middle Tennessee State poll: McCain beats Obama in TN, but leads Clinton under 50%

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/02/27/mtsu_poll_clinton_stronger_than_obama_in_tennessee.html

Dang, this McCain bio they're running on MSNBC right now is pretty harrowing...especially the French documentary footage inside the Hanoi Hilton.

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As a former Tennessee resident, I can tell you that outside of Nashville and Memphis, the state is about as red as states can get.

btw dudes obama rally tonight was awesome

Can I ask another stupid European question? What is the point of these rallies? Only people who are already going to vote for the candidate in question are there, right?

(apologies to other Europeans who aren't stupid)